"To have opinions is to sell out to youself. To have no opinions is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet."

-- Fernando Pessoa

#Opinion Quotes #Poet Quotes

“Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men.”
“Buddhismâ€™s cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm.”
“The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.”

Source : Katharine Tynan (1922). “The Wandering Years”
“Have you ever heard one civilized person whose opinion you respect, at any time, anywhere, in any civilized country anywhere, say the good new days?”
“Fifty is a big corner to turn. It used to mean being put out to pasture, but it's the opposite with me. I feel more vibrant; I'm more active than I've ever been. The F-word really is freedom. It's the freedom to have dropped the rock-the rock of addiction, of family, of comparisons with other people. It's being fit and focused and kind of furious.”
“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.”
“Whenever a woman describes herself as a 'post-feminist' I picture women lashed to posts. Joan of Arc was an early post-feminist.”

Source : Kate Clinton (2012). “Don't Get Me Started”, p.79, Bywater Books
“As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society.”

Source : "Michigan's ban on affirmative action upheld by Supreme Court" By Bill Mears, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2014.

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